Pedal attachment for pianos.



No. 746,101. PATENTED DEC. 8, 190.3.

- H. KIND.

PEDAL ATTACHMENT FOR 'PI'ANVOS'.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PEDAL ATTACHMENT FOR PIANOS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,101, dated December1903' Application filed September 10, 1903. Serial No. 172,556. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN KIND, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, (Bronx,) county and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Pedal Attachments for Pianos, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pedal attachment by means of which childrenmay readily manipulate the pedals of a piano without undue exertion.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section, partly inelevation, of my improved pedal attachment; and Fig. 2 is a front viewof the same.

The letter a represents a guide-plate supported by legs I) at a suitabledistance above the floor. Above the plate a there is supported by legsI) a foot-plate c, and above plate 0 there is in turn supported by legsb a narrow top plate (I, the whole constituting a stool.

Between the plates 0 and d are mounted bearings e, to which are pivotedat f the auxiliary pedals f, that extend beyond the plate d and aboveplate 0. These auxiliary pedals are so connected to the mainpiano-pedals g of pianoA that the motion imparted to the former istransmitted to the latter; but in transmitting such motion it isdesirable that the reach of the auxiliary pedals be less than that ofthe main pedals, so that the childs leg need not be unduly lowered. Toeffect this result, I operatively connect the pedalsf g by a rod H,which extends obliquely back from the front of pedalfto the rear ofpedal g.

For guiding the rod H in its oblique position I fit into an opening ofplate ct an oblique tnbular guide 2', having a flange t", which is setat an angle to the body of the guide. The flange i rests upon and issecured to plate a, so that the guide extends rearwardly from top tobottom. The rod H is composed of an upper section h, a lower section it,and an intermediate connecting screw-stem 7L2, by means of which thelength of the rod may be adjusted. Between the flange t" and the uppersection it of rod H the screw-stem k is surrounded by aspringj, whichtends to normally raise the rod and the auxiliary pedal.

It will be seen that as the rod H engages the pedalfnear the forward endof the latter a short stroke will suffice to operate the pedal 9.Further, as the rod H engages the pedal 9 near its rear end the pedalremains accessible to the foot of an adult player.

What I claim is- In a pedal attachment for pianos, a stool, an auxiliarypedal, and an oblique flanged tubular guide, combined with a rod passingfrom the pedal through said guide and composed of an upper section, alower section, and an intermediate connecting-screw, and with a springbetween the guide-flange and the upper rod-section, substantially asspecified.

Signed by me at New York city, (Bronx,) New York, this 8th day ofSeptember, 1908.

HERMAN KIND.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SoHULz, FRANK v. BRIESEN.

